I didn’t know how much I like this pic untill I take a look at it a third time — I usually took the pics like two weeks before publishing it. Obviously, Vargas is removed from this scene, but take a look at how our three men are positioned. Sounds familiar? Maybe it’s a coincidence, but in cinema —and for extension videogames, composition is really important. It gives an additional meaning to the scene. So, doesn’t it remind you of Dismas, Jesus and Gestas? The reference is quite clear, right?
In christian iconography, Dimas is always placed at the right side of Jesus, and Gestas at his left. So, if we consider Nate as Jesuschrist, as the one who negotiates between Sam and Rafe along the game, it would mean that Rafe is Dimas, the Penitent Thief, and Sam is Gestas, the Jerk Thief?
I read a lot of theories about this, even saying Sam is Jesuschrist, but I’m really struck by the fact that Rafe can be Dismas, although I don’t really believe it — but that’s my own theory. Maybe this composition of Nate, Rafe and Sam it’s a trick by Naugthy Dog, or maybe could be interpreted from our perspective as Sam to the right of Nate/Jesus, and therefore he would be Dismas, and Rafe to his left, and therefore he would be Gestas.
The Good Thief is usually represented during the crucifixion looking at Jesus Christ, and his attitude is usually serene, while the Evil Thief is represented not looking at Jesus, showing signs of pain and contorts on the cross. In this case, Rafe is not writhing in pain, but he has a very tense attitude with a frown in his face, compared to Sam, who is also looking at Nate. Maybe I’m freaking out? Probably. But I love the symbolic equivalence of these characters with the imaginary of the crucifixion — what can I say, I mixed videogames with my field if study.
I’m with the theory about Sam as the Penitent Thief, although I’m also convinced by the theory that he’s Jesus Christ, since in a certain way he was who put Rafe and Nate in contact from the beginning, and who has “returned from the death” to give them a lesson: Nate returns to the adventure, the temptation, but ends up rejecting his obsession. Rafe, however, succumbs.
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